The  European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA)  has seen an 11 % increase in applications over last year. <<The most significant increase refers to applications from non-EU countries, scoring a +40%>> said Prof. Fabrizio Marrella, E.MA Programme Director.
The final list of admitted students was decided by the E.MA Executive Committee and only short listed candidates are being contacted in May 2009. <<It's unfortunate because you see that there are so many qualified applicants, but you can only accept a certain amount. The competition is very high and I expect that interest in the E.MA Programme will continue to grow around the world>> continued Prof. Marrella.

The EIUC President and Board are pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. Florence Benoît-Rohmer of the University of Strasbourg, as new EIUC Secretary General. Prof. Benoît-Rohmer took up this function on 1 January 2009.

A group of students of the European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation followed the tradition of organizing human rights film festivals by the E.MA students. This year’s festival “SIGHTS FOR RIGHTS”  focussed on the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. During the festival that took place 5th – 7th December 2008 in Venice in the Patronato, San Polo 2464Q,  the E.MA students showed and discussed the current situation of Human Rights enshrined in the Declaration. Read here the detailed programme of the festival.